{ "id": "1402.1989", "version": "v2", "published": "2014-02-09T20:45:26.000Z", "updated": "2015-12-18T19:49:26.000Z", "title": "Non-equilibrium stationary states at the fractional quantum Hall edge", "authors": [ "Ivan P. Levkivskyi" ], "comment": "Revised version, 6 pages, 4 figures (incl. Supplemental materials)", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall", "cond-mat.str-el" ], "abstract": "Integrability of electron dynamics in one dimension is manifested by the non-equilibrium stationary states. They emerge near a point contact coupling two quantum Hall edges with different chemical potentials. I use the non-equilibrium bosonization to show that the effective temperature of such states at the fractional quantum Hall edge has a universal linear dependence on the current through the contact. In contrast, the temperature at eventual equilibrium scales as the square root of the power dissipating at the contact. I propose to use this distinction to detect these intriguing non-equilibrium states.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2014-02-09T20:45:26.000Z", "abstract": "One of the manifestations of the integrability of electron dynamics in one dimension is the existence of non-equilibrium stationary states. Such states emerge near a quantum point contact coupling two quantum Hall edges with different chemical potentials. We use a non-equilibrium bosonization technique to show that the effective temperature in such states at the fractional quantum Hall edge has a universal linear dependence on the current through the contact. In contrast, the temperature of one-dimensional equilibrium systems scales as the square root of the corresponding dissipating power. This striking difference from the equilibrium behavior can be used to experimentally detect these unique non-equilibrium states.", "comment": "4.5 pages, 3 figures", "journal": null, "doi": null }, { "version": "v2", "updated": "2015-12-18T19:49:26.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "fractional quantum hall edge", "non-equilibrium stationary states", "one-dimensional equilibrium systems scales", "unique non-equilibrium states", "quantum point contact" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 6, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2014arXiv1402.1989L" } } }